J&M legend honoured

Jobs & Money columnist Margaret Hughes was this week declared a "living legend" by Help the Aged.

Hughes, who writes J&M's Prime time column, was presented with the charity's Living Legend media award at a ceremony hosted by broadcaster Martyn Lewis.

Help the Aged says: "Hers is a wide brief - pretty much anything and everything that might be of interest to the over-55s. From pensions and benefits to equity release schemes, from fuel poverty to age discrimination, she has touched on almost all aspects of older people's lives.

"She has a way of taking complex issues and presenting them in a way that anyone can understand."